Month: May 2013

Rapid iteration. Minimum viable product. Feedback loops. One could be forgiven for wondering how the jargon of the Lean Startup model could be applicable to the work of international development organizations. In fact, the Lean…

This post was originally published on 99u.com. Meetings are often the bane of many a creative’s existence, especially those working for a big outfit. “Death by meeting” is a common complaint, the lament usually being…

This post was originally published by Huffington Post. My company, Smallknot, is propelled by a dash of rage and a spoonful of optimism. We are angry about how the financial system works for real people….

We’ve launched in NYC and DC, and now we’re headed to San Francisco. Lean Impact will launch at the The HUB SOMA in the SF Chronicle Building this Wednesday, May 15th, and we hope to see you there. Similar…

I just arrived home from Budapest’s Lean Startup Machine Training, which was 3 days of sweat (literally – it was 90 degrees), hustle and paradigm shifting. Over three days, 10 teams of 5 competed against…